More French Proverbs

To make a happy couple, the husband must be deaf and the wife blind.... >>

A thing too much seen is little prized.... >>

It is only idle people who can find time for everything.... >>

Glutton: one who digs his grave with his teeth.... >>

A galled horse does not care to be curried.... >>

Other Proverbs

Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all... (Turkish) >>

He who says what he likes will hear what he does not like.... (English) >>

When passion entereth at the fore-gate wisdom goes out at th... (Spanish) >>

Where luck is wanting, diligence is useless.... (Spanish) >>

If you swear you will catch no fish.... (English) >>

Every one bears his cross.

- French Proverb